EP0544724A1 - Gravimetric metering apparatus for bulk materials. - Google Patents
Gravimetric metering apparatus for bulk materials.Info
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- EP0544724A1 EP0544724A1 EP91914595A EP91914595A EP0544724A1 EP 0544724 A1 EP0544724 A1 EP 0544724A1 EP 91914595 A EP91914595 A EP 91914595A EP 91914595 A EP91914595 A EP 91914595A EP 0544724 A1 EP0544724 A1 EP 0544724A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
- G01F3/00—Measuring the volume flow of fluids or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through the meter in successive and more or less isolated quantities, the meter being driven by the flow
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01G—WEIGHING
- G01G11/00—Apparatus for weighing a continuous stream of material during flow; Conveyor belt weighers
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01G—WEIGHING
- G01G11/00—Apparatus for weighing a continuous stream of material during flow; Conveyor belt weighers
- G01G11/08—Apparatus for weighing a continuous stream of material during flow; Conveyor belt weighers having means for controlling the rate of feed or discharge
- G01G11/083—Apparatus for weighing a continuous stream of material during flow; Conveyor belt weighers having means for controlling the rate of feed or discharge of the weight-belt or weigh-auger type
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- This invention relates to a dosing or metering apparatus which supplie bulk materials to, for instance, a blender, in a controlled manner, either in portions or continuously.
- the bulk materials to be handled can be free-flowing or non-free-flowing like pellets, granulates, powders, regrinds, flakes., flours, farinas, etc.
- This kind of dosing apparatus can be part of a so ⁇ called blending station, where more than one component (ingredient) is to be mixed into a specified blend. But it can also be used as a single supplying/monitoring unit wherever the controlled flow of a bulk material is reguired.
- Major fields of application are the plastics processing industry, e.g. extrusion and injection molding plants, feed mills and food processing plants, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, rubber, ceramics, etc..
- blending stations consisting of a central mixing hopper with up to six dosing units sitting on top of it. Such a station is able to produce blends out of up to six components, according to defined formulas.
- the working principle of these dosing units is strictly volumetr. '.
- the metering elements of these units can be, for instance, rotating disks with holes, star feeders, or augers. The monitoring of the rotation of these elements is achieved either by counting the revolutions or fractions of them, or by time control.
- the amount of bulk material etered in a given period of time is the product of volume unit per increment, e.g. disk holes multiplied by the number of increments.
- the invention makes use of load cells, particularly "thin beam” strain gauges.
- Other active elements of the apparatus according to the invention are: a horizontally rotating flexible disk, supported by the circular bottom of a cylindrical housing; a sectorial portion of said bottom resting on a load cell; said sectorial portion being separated from the remainder of said circular bottom so it can vertically yield under the load; and preferably a flexible membrane acting as a sealing disk, preventing bulk material from reaching said circular bottom and ultimately trickling through the gaps between said circular bottom and said sectorial portion.
- the housing of said apparatus according to the invention can be divided horizontally into two parts: the lower metering part and the upper material supply part. Both parts can have varying features in order to accommodate a variety of bulk materials with distinctively different physical properties, e.g. free- flowing and non free-flowing. In order to easily unite the lower metering part and the upper material supply part, their contiguous sides are cylindrical and are furbished with a flange and a clamping ring to connect them. Further features of the invention will be described or will become apparent in the course of the following detailed description.
- Figure 1 shows an elevated section (C-C in Figure 2) of the lower part or metering section;
- Figure 2 shows a top view (A-A in Figure 6) of the lower part or metering module;
- Figure 3 is an elevated section (D-D in Figure 2) of the lower part or metering module;
- Figure 4 is an elevated section (C-C in Figure 5) of the lower part or metering module, identical to Figure 1 but with the sealing disk installed;
- Figure 5 shows a top view of the lower or metering module, identical to Figure 2 but with the sealing disk installed;
- Figure 6 shows an elevated section (F-F in Figure 7) of both the lower part or metering module, and the upper part or material supply module;
- Figure 7 is a top view (B-B in Figure 6) of the lower part or metering module, demonstrating the material flow on the rotating disk;
- Figure 8 is an elevated section (E-E in Figure 7) of both the lower and the upper part, with the latter showing the material supply module for free-flowing bulk materials;
- Figure 9 shows an elevated section (H-H in Figure 10) of both the lower part and the upper part, the latter showing the material supply module for non-free- flowing bulk materials;
- Figure 10 shows a top view (G-G in Figure 9) of the upper part or material supply module for non-free- flowing bulk materials, shown empty, i.e. without bulk materials;
- Figure 11 is the top view of the membrane or sealing disk;
- Figure 12 is an elevated section (A-A in Figure 11) of the sealing disk with radial ribs;
- Figure 13 is an elevated section (B-B in Figure 11) of the sealing disk with circumferential lip;
- Figure 14 is a magnified sectional view of the configuration of the groove/bulge, circumferential lip of the sealing disk, and retention ring;
- Figure 15 is a view from underneath of the rotary disk with its spiral ribs
- Figure 16 is a section (A-A in Figure 15) of the rotary disk with spiral rib
- Figure 17 is a radial section (B-B in Figure 15) of the rotary disk;
- Figure 18 is the elevated section (A-A in
- Figure 19 is a top view (B-B in Figure 18) of the lower part, showing a modification of the metering module with both flexible disks removed.
- volumetric dosing units particularly those operating with metering disks.
- a gear motor Driven by a gear motor, a metering disk in a housing slowly rotates horizontally beneath the bulk material in a surge bin. Its metering chambers are supposed to fill up with said material, which is to drop out each time a metering chamber crosses the one discharge hole in the housing's bottom. Installed within the surge bin, right above the discharge hole, is ⁇ baffle which prevents the passage of more material than accommodated in each metering chamber.
- the configuration of a complete blender station for example consists of two dosing units with their surge bins, housings and gear motors, and furthermore a control cabinet.
- the outlet flange of a mix hopper can, for example, be connected to the throat of an injection molding machine.
- the machine is forming plastic parts using a blend of two plastic raw materials, which are continuously mixed and supplied by the blender station.
- more than two dosing units could be sitting on one mix hopper.
- the various materials are metered simultaneously into the mix hopper at specified ratios. The ratios are determined by the number of holes in the metering disks and their dimensions.
- One hole of the metering disk equals one counting impulse to the control cabinet.
- a mixing arm driven by the gear motor.
- a gravimetrical dosing unit at the core of a gravimetrical dosing unit is a "thin beam” strain gauge.
- This load cell converts certain deformations of its shape, called “double bend", into corresponding output signals of direct voltage.
- the properly conditioned load cell signal is proportional to the mass acting on the weighing platform.
- Monitoring the disk rotation yields a similar signal proportional to the disk speed.
- Arithmetically combined these two signals yield a gravimetrically correct mass flow record. This record is continuously compared to preset values determined by the blend formula. As soon as preset ratios have been reached, output signals are generated.
- These output signals represent the actual basis for a metering procedure. They make it possible to start and stop mixing cycles, or to monitor continuously operating bulk material supply systems.
- FIG. 1 an elevated section, and Figure 2, a top view, show a configuration typical of the invention.
- a thin beam strain gauge 1 is bolted to a weighing platform 3 on its one end and to a support bracket 4 on its other end.
- the weighing platform is aligned with and constitutes one sector of the circular bottom 5, which is fixed to a cylindrical housing 6. Any vertical force exerted onto the platform 3 will deform the thin beam strain gauge 1 in the desired double bend manner.
- the load cell 1 in turn will provide a direct voltage output signal proportional to the deformation. It is this direct volta> J output signal that will be used for the intended purpose of the gravimetric flow control of bulk materials.
- Figure 3 shows basically the same configuration as Figure 1, except for an added feature, the brace plate 7 made of thin spring steel.
- the plate is meant to hold the weighing platform 3 in place, while allowing vertical loads to reach the load cell 1 nearly unrestricted.
- the brace plate 7 is fastened by means of rivets 8 and washers 9 to the circular bottom 5 on one end and to the weighing platform 3 on the other end.
- the weighing platform 3 is depicted in the shape of a sector with a center angle of 90 degrees, however, it could have other forms as well.
- Figures 4 and 5 are basically identical to Figures 1 and 2 but demonstrate the accommodation of the membrane or sealing disk.
- This sealing disk 51 rests directly on the circular bottom 5 and the sectorial platform 3, and is held in place by a circular spring 52.
- the circular tension spring 52 has an attached loop 53. Their dimensions are such that their spring tension exerts a radial force onto the cylindrical inside wall of the bulge 61.
- This bulge 61 forms a groove on the inner side of the housing where the tension ring 52 and the circumferential lip 54 of the sealing disk 51 fit it.
- ft UB ST5T " i _ ; *..*- ⁇ ⁇ z oLnete-t- i6A/£ Figure 11 shows an embodiment of the sealing disk 51.
- FIG. 12 shows an enlarged cross section (A-A in Figure 11) through one of the ribs 56.
- Figure 13 shows a cross section (B-B in Figure 11) of the circumferential lip 54.
- Figure 14 shows an enlarged section of a configuration of the sealing disk 51, its circumferential lip 54, the tension ring 53 and the groove/bulge 61. So with the sealing disk 51 in place, the bottom 5 of the housing 6 is sealed and no bulk material could ultimately seep through the inevitable gaps 58 between bottom 5 and sectorial platform 3. Thus the sealing disk 51 permits the handling of higher layers of bulk material and consequently raises the capacity of the metering apparatus.
- Figure 6 is an elevated section (F-F in Figure 7) and shows both the lower part, or metering module, and the upper part, or material supply module of the apparatus, according to the invention. Also shown are the section lines A-A and B-B, determining the top views in Figures 2 and 5 respectively. Above the section line B-B, the upper part, or material supply module e.g. for free-flowing bulk materials, is shown, consisting basically of the cylindrical housing 10 with a built-in tapered bottom 11. This tapered bottom leads to a preferably circular outlet spout 12, which partially reaches below the parting line B-B.
- the outlet spout 12 is threaded on its outer surface and bears an extension ring 13. This ring in turn is threaded on its inner surface.
- the distance between the lower rim of the extension ring 13 and the surface of the flexible disk 14 is adjustable.
- the ability to adjust this distance facilitates variations on the height of the bulk material's layer, shown with its cross section 15 to be r .sting on the top of the flexible disk 14.
- the tapered shape of cross section 15 is determined by the diameter of extension ring 13 and the sloped angle of the bulk material.
- Figure 6 shows the following parts of the lower part, or metering module, of the apparatus: the flexible d__.sk 14 supported by the circular bottom 5, which in turn is fixed to the circular housing 6.
- the circular bottom 5 has a center hole, through which a drive shaft 16 protrudes.
- the drive shaft 16 is powered by a gear motor (not shown) .
- the flexible disk is rotating slowly past the lower rim of the extension ring 13, the layer 15 of the bulk material is being formed.
- the two parts of the apparatus have a flange on each of the contiguous ends of their cylindric 1 housings 6 and 10, and are connected by a clamping -ing 19.
- Figure 7 is a top view (B-B in Figure 6) and shows additional details of the lower part, or metering module, and allows for further explanations of the functions of the lower part.
- the flexible disk While the flexible disk is slowly rotating counter clockwise, the ring of bulk material 15 starts to build up right below the outlet spout 12, and moves towards the weighing platform 3. As a portion of the bulk material's layer passes over platform 3 and rests on it for a given time interval, it exerts a vertical force through the flexible disks 14 and 51 onto the weighing platform 3, causing deformation of the thin beam strain gauge. It is this deformation that produces the alteration of the load cell's direct voltage output, which is permanently monitored by means of electronic control.
- weight readings can be taken at various time intervals, e.g. one revolution of the flexible disk, one second, or a fraction or multiple thereof.
- the time interval would depend on the accuracy required, the type of bulk material being processed, the through-put capacity of the apparatus, and other circumstances.
- the said weight readings, arithmetically combined with other operating factors, like number of readings, number of flexible disk revolutions, are processed in the electronic control of a metering system, providing for corresponding electronic signals in correct proportion to the mass flow of the bulk materials.
- the calibrating procedure entails a comparison of the aforesaid proportional signals, totalled over a given time, with the amount of real mass gathered over that same period of time.
- the amount of real mass must, of course, be determined with an accurate weigh scale.
- the ratio or factor obtained in this manner is characteristic of a specific bulk material, and can be entered into the electronic control, enabling the latter to calculate and display the real weight data.
- the material layer 15 After having passed the weighing platform 3 and continuing further on the slowly rotating, flexible disk 14, the material layer 15 finally arrives at the discharge location.
- a curved scraper 20 is fastened to the housing 6 on one end and touching the hub 17 with the other end.
- the scraper 20 forces the bulk material's layer 15 off the flexible disk 14 and into the discharge chute 21, which is a lateral addition to the cylindrical housing 6.
- the scraper 20 either touches down firmly with its lower edge on the flexible disk, or it may float on the rotating disk. In the latter case the scraper's outer end is only loosely attached to the housing, e.g. by means of two studs fixed to the housing and vertical slots in the scraper's outer end.
- the scraper's inner end finds horizontal support in leaning against the huL 17, while the friction between the slowly rotating disk and the lower edge of the scraper provides the necessary force for pushing and holding the "floating" scraper in its place.
- the next step the bulk material takes on its passage is, of course, through the discharge chute 21 into the mixing hopper of a blender, according to the example of this embodiment. It goes without saying that this metering apparatus can work either in stop-and-go mode or continuously, depending on the circumstances of a particular application.
- Figure 15 provides a view of the rotary disk's 14 underside which bears a number of spirally formed ribs 141. These ribs are to transport particles which may have immigrated into the space between the sealing disk 51 and the rotary disk 14 towards the circumference. They achieve this in conjunction with the ribs 56 and the cut out 57 on the sealing disk 51.
- Figure 16 shows a magnified section of a rib 141 on the rotary disk 14.
- Figure 17 shows a radial section of a preferred embodiment of the rotary disk 14, showing two ribs 141, a tapered section 142 and part of the hub 143.
- This particular shape contributes towards necessary properties in the rotary disk 14, e.g. vertical flexibility and horizontal rigidity.
- the flexible disks, rotary disk 14 and sealing disk 51 are preferably made of man-made rubber, certain thermoplastic materials or a combination thereof.
- Figure 9 shows the elevated section
- the second version shows a flat, circular bottom 22. Being flat, the circular bottom 22 prevents non free-flowing bulk materials from becoming compressed in the course of their stay in the surge bin, since these materials do not tolerate such compression.
- the flat, circular bottom 22 has a discharging spout 23 attached to it.
- the discharging spout 23 and the threaded extension ring 24 are identical in features and functions to the corresponding items 12 and 13 in the version for free-flowing materials, according to Figure 6.
- this example shows a scraper wheel consisting of a hub 26 and four arched scraper arms 27.
- the arched shape of the scraper arms and the counter clockwise rotation transport the bulk material resting on the circular bottom 22 toward the outlet hole 25, thus feeding the slowly rotating. flexible disk 14 underneath.
- the scraper wheel sits on a drive shaft 28, which in turn is rotated by the drive shaft 16 of the lower part, or metering module.
- the upper drive shaft 28 is furbished with a flange 29 at its lower end.
- the flange 29 has a hexagonal center hole, corresponding with the hexagonal head of the bolt 18, establishing the mechanical link in this example.
- Figures 18 and 19 show the embodiment of a scraperless version of the metering module.
- Figure 18 is the elevated section (A-A in Figure 19) of both the upper part or material supply module, version for free flowing materials, and the lower part or metering module, scraperless version.
- Figure 19 is the top view (B-B in Figure 18) of the lower part or metering module, scraperless version, with both the flexible rotary disk 14 and the flexible sealing disk 51 removed, revealing the view onto the bottom 5 and platform 3 in the housing 6.
- the circular bottom 5 is reduce- ' to almost a semi circle only, limited by the edge 59. This feature allows the flexible rotating disk 14 to flop down into the chute 21 and dispose of the layer 15 of bulk materials, as shown in Figure 18.
- this proposed apparatus Compared to metering systems operating on volumetric principles in general, or even other gravimetric weighing systems such as lost weight systems specifically, this proposed apparatus will yield substantial advantages: simple, low cost design; low installation heights; metering of difficult materials even to the extent that they could not be automatically handled to date.
- the invention is useful for dosing or metering of bulk materials, either in portions or continuously.
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Abstract
Appareil de dosage gravimétrique pour produits en vrac, dans lequel un plateau horizontal et élastique dans le sens vertical (3) est porté au-dessus d'une boîte dynamométrique (1) pour fonctionner en coopération avec celle-ci. Un dispositif mince et souple tel qu'un disque souple rotatif (14) peut se déplacer de manière cyclique entre un poste de distribution (12) et un poste de décharge (21) en passant sur ledit plateau. Une installation d'enregistrement et de traitement de données est raccordée à la boîte dynamométrique et suit et additionne les signaux périodiques produits par celle-ci. A condition qu'il y ait un étalonnage approprié on peut donc mesurer la masse totale traversant la boîte dynamométrique, ce qui permet le dosage. On peut intercaler un disque souple de fermeture (51) entre le fond horizontal (5) et le disque rotatif, et le mettre en contact hermétique avec la cage cylindrique. A la fois le disque rotatif et le disque de fermeture peuvent porter des nervures (141, 56) facilitant la décharge des produits. Une partie importante du fond (5) du cylindre peut être enlevée au voisinage du poste de décharge afin de permettre au disque souple rotatif (14) de céder pour permettre la décharge des produits qu'il porte.Gravimetric dosing apparatus for bulk products, in which a horizontal and vertically elastic plate (3) is carried above a dynamometric box (1) to work in cooperation therewith. A thin and flexible device such as a rotating flexible disk (14) can move cyclically between a dispensing station (12) and a discharging station (21) passing over said platen. A recording and data processing installation is connected to the dynamometric box and monitors and adds the periodic signals produced by it. Provided that there is an appropriate calibration, it is therefore possible to measure the total mass passing through the dynamometric box, which allows the dosage. A flexible closing disc (51) can be inserted between the horizontal bottom (5) and the rotating disc, and put it in hermetic contact with the cylindrical cage. Both the rotating disc and the closure disc can carry ribs (141, 56) to facilitate product discharge. A significant part of the bottom (5) of the cylinder can be removed in the vicinity of the discharge station in order to allow the rotating flexible disc (14) to give way to allow the discharge of the products which it carries.
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